Patient Education
Nearsighted individuals typically have problems seeing well at a distance and are forced to wear glasses or contact lenses. The nearsighted eye is usually longer than a normal eye, and its cornea may also be steeper. Therefore, when light passes through the cornea and lens, it is focused in front of the retina. This will make distant images appear blurred.
There are several refractive surgery solutions available to correct nearly all levels of nearsightedness.
Farsighted individuals typically develop problems reading up close before the age of 40. The farsighted eye is usually slightly shorter than a normal eye and may have a flatter cornea. Thus, the light of distant objects focuses behind the retina unless the natural lens can compensate fully. Near objects require even greater focusing power to be seen clearly and therefore, blur more easily.
LASIK, Refractive Lens Exchange and Contact lenses are a few of the options available to correct farsightedness.
Asymmetric steepening of the cornea or natural lens causes light to be focused unevenly, which is the main optical problem in astigmatism. To individuals with uncorrected astigmatism, images may look blurry or shadowed. Astigmatism can accompany any form of refractive error and is very common.
Astigmatism can be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, corneal relaxing incisions, laser vision correction, and special implant lenses.
Presbyopia is a condition that typically becomes noticeable for most people around age 45. In children and young adults, the lens inside the eye can easily focus on distant and near objects. With age, the lens loses its ability to focus adequately.
Although presbyopia is not completely understood, it is thought that the lens and its supporting structures lose the ability to make the lens longer during close vision effort. To compensate, affected individuals usually find that holding reading material further away makes the image clearer. Ultimately, aids such as reading glasses are typically needed by the mid-forties.
Besides glasses, presbyopia can be dealt with in a number of ways. Options include: monovision and multifocal contact lenses, monovision laser vision correction, and new presbyopia correcting implant lenses.
See Better After Cataract Surgery
Cataract patients now have an option to see at both near and far distances after cataract surgery! Individuals suffering from cataracts previously had only a mono-focal lens implant option after surgery. NEW premium lens implant technology can now decrease dependence on glasses after surgery. If you are seeking the ReSTOR® or ReZOOM® IOL lens options in Florida Dr. Benaim can help you decide if this option is right for you! Dr. Monroe Benaim also has an accommodating IOL option known as the Crystalens®. For more information regarding selecting the appropriate lens implant please visit our web page on Premium Lens Implants.
Financing Options
We aim to break down any cost issues that our patients may have if they are considering LASIK eye surgery. Our LASIK center goes way beyond what other centers do to help our patients overcome this affordability issue. If cost is something that has been holding you back from vision correction you should really contact us as soon as possible to set up a consultation. Benaim Eye offers 0% financing, on approved credit with low fixed monthly payments, no down payment and no pre-payment penalty.
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LASIK Self-Evaluation Test
Find out if you can be a LASIK candidate. Take our LASIK self-evaluation test and you will be evaluated and contacted by one of our LASIK coordinators to discuss your candidacy. If you meet the requirements of our test we will suggest an in person pre-operative eye exam. This eye exam is a complete eye health eye exam and will most likely be one of the most thorough eye exams of your life. We obviously take your vision very seriously at Benaim Eye.
Intralase Blade-Free LASIK
If you are seeking the safest LASIK in Florida please feel free to call us about the NEW Bladeless LASIK eye surgery. For more information regarding the Intralase ALL-LASER LASIK please feel free to review our website. We are happy to bring our patients the safest option available for LASIK eye surgery. Dr. Monroe Benaim is a Florida LASIK and vision correction specialist ophthalmologist dedicated to providing the Jupiter and West Palm Beach areas of Florida with clear natural vision. Dr. Monroe Benaim is a board certified, highly skilled LASIK surgeon using the most advanced equipment. If you are seeking a LASIK consultation please call us today at (Tel: 561-746-6666)